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Monday, September 27, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER ATTACKED AT RIKERS: A Rikers Island inmate hurled an “unknown liquid substance” at a Brooklyn City Councilmember Stephen Levin (D-33) who visited the prison complex last Wednesday, Sept. 22

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CONGRESS APPROVES WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT: Just after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the historic Women’s Health Protection Act to establish a federally protected right to abortion.

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QUESTIONING TREATMENT OF HAITIAN REFUGEES: New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 17 attorneys general have sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing concern over the treatment of thousands of Haitian refugees currently seeking humanitarian aid along the border in Texas. 

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CROWDED CONDITIONS Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemb CROWDED CONDITIONS Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and Councilmember Stephen Levin were joined by representatives of the offices of Congressmember Nydia Velázquez and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams along with community leaders outside the MTA’s York Street Station to underscore the urgent need for the MTA to address overcrowding, lack of accessibility, and unsafe conditions at the York Street Station. Link in bio.
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